Comparison of Protective Reactions of Rape Seeds to Chloride Salination at Exposure to Epibrassinolide before or...

We compared the defensive response of rape plants to treatment with 24-epibrassinoldide (10 nM, EBL) before the onset of salt stress (preadaptation stage) and under conditions of chloride salination (150 mM NaCl). It is shown that salt stress inhibits some growth parameters by 30-35%. EBL, regardless of the plant treatment method, showed a pronounced protective effect, first of all, at the level of the assimilating surface, the main photosynthetic pigments, and the photochemical activity of photosystem II. It was established for the first time that the pretreatment of plants with EBL followed by salt stress is accompanied by suppression of NaCl-induced accumulation of proline and an increase in superoxide dismutase activity, whereas the addition of a hormone under salt stress increases the content of carotenoids, which leads to a decrease in the level of lipid peroxidation.